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2 October 2012

Achieving Green, Intelligent and Safe Mobility in Europe: what would it take?

The Commission's adoption of a Regulation on standards in the field of telematics applications for rail passenger services resulted from the harmonious collaboration and commitment of public and private stakeholders and undoubtedly constitutes a firm step towards a European integrated multimodal transport system.

Published 2 October 2012

Updated 16 March 2016

--- Posted by Juhani Jääskeläinen, DG INFSO, Head of unit ICT for Transport

The workshop has been designed to touch upon the key actions in the ITS Action Plan, such as real-time traffic and travel information, eCall, cooperative systems, vehicle-to-X communications, eFreight, and is set out to identify those commitments which will ensure the implementation of seamless and interoperable telematics services and applications in Europe.

My principal aim with this blog is to engage all DAA stakeholders and to allow them to express their views on all subject matters relevant to the ITS AP and beyond, like appropriate measures required for vulnerable road users, human-machine interfaces, relevance of the Action Plan on urban mobility, the role of powered two wheelers in urban mobility, introduction of new concepts of mobility (walking as a mode, virtual mobility as a mode), the significance of the introduction of future internet technologies in transport systems optimisation, the role of IPv6, the Internet of Things, the electric vehicle, and so many other subjects that will impact the roadmap to deployment.

Importantly, I am eager to read and discuss views on how to link pertinent work of other DAE Actions, like European Spectrum Policy Programme (action 44), Reinforce the coordination and pooling of resources (action 51), Support partnerships between the ICT sector and major emitting sectors (action 70), and Member States to Engage in large-scale pilots financed by the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (action 56).